Hand-operated lawn-edge or grass-trimming tool



Patented Jan. 12, 1932 UNITED STATES CHARLES w. BUR-KHEAD, orrBELL-Evun, xEivTUCKY HAND-OPERATED LAWN-nnen"oRefinessqrianinirlirairoonffI Application led February 8,.y ySie-rialdillo". A i" or row of forwardly-projecting triangularV knife-sections or cutter-teeth of the common harvester-bar type and adapted to freely enter between the standing or the drooping blades of grass or other unduly extending rank growth. Suitable elongated straight 15 lever handles are pivotally-held together to the rear oi said twincutter-blade structure so that the operator can manipulate and conc trol the improved implement in a free` and easy manner while in a standing, `or in apartly stooping position that will not ordinarily tire him or cause him undue inconvenience or pain that would otherwise ensue in either a full stooping or a kneeling posture. p

Figure l is a plan -view of the implement in its closed state, and in which the cutter.-

teeth of both bars or heads are in full lapping or alignment Contact and ready for severing across each other when their extension lever handles are drawn both toward and away from each other, and Figure2 is a cross-section taken on the dotted-line 2, 2, of said Figure l showing the structure of the twin cuttenblade head of my improved device herein, and with the adjacent manipulating hand-lever, broken slightly to the rear ofthe said cutter-blade head.

In these views, 3 indicates the" lower or f' i t 8V and vpi'votallyf'connectingit with the* upper bottom cutter-bar of the said twin cutterblade head, and 4 the upper companion cut- 40 ter-bar of said twin-bladed head. ',Each of .the said two heads 3 and 4 is armed'with ak seriesk or multiple of forwardlylirojectingAV v l v I Y the diagonally-crossed rearwardlyLextended pointed triangular sharp edged knife-sections or cutting-teeth 5 and 6, respectively. The outer sloping sharp edges of theteeth of the upper bar coact with those ofthe lower bar when thetwo bars are reciproeated across each other in severing or clipping the grass or unduly extended rank growth.

00 In order that the two blade-heads may 'slot i 12 in the lower blade 3 for lto'andfro if The slotted heads of said screw boltsrare each; in yielding jo'rA cushioned `con- L tact1 with compensating spring-.plates 13, the llatterfbeng best? ,shownfin Fg.y2.

properly coact, the rear edge of theilower bla-del is bent 'upwardly 'aridg forwardly lifnto al Ul'shape` cross-section) lgutteror gideway -inf'w'hich the' straight rearedgey ofthe up- 'p'er'blade' rests' and reciprocates "cross'wi'se in `the cutting operation; ofthe said teeth along 'theiE coinciding* serratjediore edges of said vblades 4.: The saidpguideway can :be easily kept properly'lubricatedforl the trans-y y verse movements di' the',pairof'bladesyacross each: other, 'i'nfthe said' operationV of the im'- Ieo plementlwhen trimming the grass or lunduly -f 'l`hejsaid teeth 5` and Garey flared" upwardly atan' angle offllo, more or less, so as tojlie horizontaljin cuttingu's'e-L and thereby compensate for the proper'holdingv of the Vimplement in the standing orupright posture of;I the' operator through; the provision and fu's'efoit'he elongated 'straight lever handles o'rlevers'S'and 9. The` fore 'end of lever'S Visi pivotally connected' f means of a Verticalsfcrewf-boltlO and 'anut 20 to the upper blade andthe fore end ofthe'other leverfQ isl'alSo fpivotally connectedbymeanso `a 7 like 'vertical screw-bolt l1k to the lower blade n Af spacing-washer'i orfillerblocl 14s-.is placed on' 'the said {screw-bolt' lfbetween the -foreend ofthe"-leve`r 8 and-the said -upper gbladei, Aas best seenlin F ig. 2,1 for thefpurpose of properly lmounting said fore en'd'of'lever blade and providing @compensation in the operation of thefsaid lever -@when swunginto either closed orf open: Vposition on! thepivotconnection" 15 andfmanipulated by means of handleportionsl .i and 17,v respectively, in

bladesYacrosseach other in clipping the'grass.

free passage fThefore-tend-offthe vcompanion lever 9 is p,

pivotally attached to the lower blade or base- Pliie 3 by meansv of the said screw-bolt l1 that passes through the slot-18 intheupper*j blade 4, with its. Slotted head on the underside of the latter and provided at its upper or outer end with a vfastening-nut 19 that does not prevent the two blades 3 and 4 sliding to and fro in due reciprocal relation to 'each other in the action of the cutter-teeth alongl their fore `edges when clipping the grass..

It vvill bereadily seen that the` tvvocntter membersof my implement herein 'caiivery" easily' be separated'o-r packing andshipping, as Well as for repairsl or for the sharpening or the straightening-ofthe'tetliitht be-1 come necessary in the Vvuse of the device from time to time.

llcjlamrfi y Y, Y l. In-I'a hand-.operated vlawn-edging and rank1-'growth trimming' implement, the ncombination of .anupper transverse blade-member havinga multiple'cutter-tooth angularlyaredgfore edge anda straight plane rear edge,v a lower transverse base blade-meinber- -having iafj,corresponding multiple cuttertooth Vangularlyfilmed foret-edge, both said blade-members being arranged in reciproycable; grass and' uneven rank-growth triml ming relation, andi a pail-of straight pivotv ally-connected'and diagonally-crossed ma"- nipulating straightyhandleswith Itheir respective ltore ends pivotally connected to the said pair of cutter blade-members for recipro u 7 calgrass and unevenfrank-growth trimmmg relation. A Y g Y l A,

2. In a hand-op 3-ratedy lawnfedgingyand grass-trimming n implement, the combination kof an upper :transverse blade-member Vvhavfore edge andra straight plane zrearedgTe, a

lower' transverse bajse blade-member having a 'corresponding ymultiple cutterftooth angu- Vlarly-flared fore edge in coinciding recipro-` 'Y cable trimming-,relationwith the said flared e cutter-tooth edgeof the upper blade-member andgvith its lrearedge `bent upwardly and forwardly finto liorizjonta'l-U-shape cross-secj tion for theprovision of' a transverse guide- Way for the said straight rear; edgeof said upper blade-mmben apair ofstraight pivv otally-connected and, diagonally-closed ma y H nip'ulat-ing;r handles, said handles-*at their fore Y Y VVends ybeingprovided With screw Ybolts for nconnectionwith the saidupper and lower e. Y

cuttermenrbers andsuchcutter-members .be-` f A E. p l 55 ing' provided. yWith- :longitudinal slots tow. ac-

free movementy ofthe said pai-r of cutter' v. blade members' in the trimming ofthe grass fg; fand other-undue extended rank-.growth to 60, be removed. f

commodatei said screw-'bolts ito duly .allow y [In testimony lwhereof Ifhere'untoaffix-V Iny signature.

feminins W. 'RKHEADi.l

ing a multiple cuttertooth angularly-iared t. 

